Western Civilization I / Unit 13 WC1 1213 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Censorship, the Index, and the Standardizing of Language
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The idea
Print made censorship necessary: The Imitation of Christ, salvation without the Church, was a best-seller by the fourteen sixties, and the Index of Prohibited Books followed in fifteen fifty-nine, the witness's date. Print also standardized language and spelling.
In practice
The anchor dates the Index fifteen seventy-one, and fifteen forty-nine elsewhere.
Where people slip
Three anchor dates, one witness date. Use fifteen fifty-nine.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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